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牧金之助 編 · 1887 · 金寿堂 · 15 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published in 1887 by Kinjudō, aimed at general readers and built around the Asagao Nikki story. Its woodblock-printed pages pair dense columns of kana text with figures in kimono shown in interior and garden settings, with some panels arranged as sequential scenes. A designer might draw on the clean line work, the tight relation of calligraphic text blocks to figures, and the patterned fabrics of the costumes.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library